About me, I've been married to my high school sweetheart for 12 years, we've got two beautiful children who keep us both entertained as well as EXHAUSTED :)I am an Operations Program Manager in the Defense Industry, I spent 6 years on active duty in the Marines (OIF Vet).

I know you don't want to spend a few hundred on each potential deal, but you might do it on a deal you are very serious about until you are comfortable with the market.Finally, remember than an appraisal is just an opinion of value and someone else's opinion may vary.

After a 2+ years of exhaustive research on everything real estate - I finally closed my first deal in July 2013.

It's a good thing to get out of property you can't afford even at the expense of your credit, but before foreclosing, I think more people should try to exhaust their avenues for an out.

The nearest club in state is located in Worcester which is a completely different city/market more than an hour away.

I believe that your point is that a motivated seller is going to be more interested in a cash offer than an offer that contains a financing contingency.

This is not exhaustive, but here's what I know of and have used in evaluating deals.MLS Fact Sheet - This is likely what you already have, but for multi-unit listings there is typically additional information about expenses and specific units.

Thanks Tom...writing the books was exhausting, and there were a thousand times I wanted to just throw in the towel.

I will admit that a large multi could be more beneficial than an SFR or the like.I would be interested to know what your annual return is after UBIT though.

Of course it is old data that they've exhausted efforts on.